UK Afro with Village Cuts

This summer has been the first time Mother of Mankind has been out and about, DJing at gigs and festivals.  Watching so much live music made me realise what a great Afro scene there is here in the UK, with so many amazing artists, groups and producers based here.  So, I decided to do a show to spotlight those artists and have featured a number of groups who I have supported behind the decks this year. 

At Good Vibrations Festival I warmed up for, among others, London Afrobeat Collective and Samaki, and at Frome Festival (in my new home town) I warmed up for Fofoulah (you can hear the full live gig from them here).  I also featured some tunes from producer pals, including Matt Benyayer (Dark Sky) and Ben Gomori.

I invited the excellent Village Cuts to do a UK-only guest mix for the show.  Village Cuts are a producer and DJ duo from London who focus on Afro and Latin sounds and have been putting out high quality music for a few years now.  They have a strong connection to Kenya, particularly the Bengatronics label who they have collaborated with over the past few years including some recording sessions in Nairobi. 

They have been making some heavy remixes, DJing at festivals and putting on their own parties.  This year even saw them host a takeover of the Babylon Uprising stage at Glastonbury.    Their mix was right on point, with a great balance of African instruments and voices with some high-quality dancefloor focussed production.  They’ve also included their as-yet unreleased tune Digida featuring Swordman Kitala.  Hope you enjoy their mix as much as I did!!

Full Tracklist:

  1. The Clean Up (Rahas) - Fofoulah

  2. Daimla - Electric Jalaba

  3. Ek Se Ou Windhoek Toe Nou - Samaki

  4. Power To The Women - London Afrobeat Collective

  5. Baiskeli (Aroop Roy remix - Orchestre Les Mangalepa, Village Cuts, Shama

  6. Sama Kebbalu (Ben Gomori's Gomori's Lead By Example Edit) - Dawda Jobarteh

  7. Comboio (The Busy Twist Remix) Os Kiezos

  8. Kanonge (Village Cuts Remix) - Boaz Jagingo & Bengatronics

Village Cuts Guest Mix:

  1. Motherland Journey - Blue Lab Beats, KillBeatz & Fela Kuti

  2. Frenzy - European305

  3. Koko (ft. Mista Silva) - Karen Nyame KG

  4. Sise Ntweni (ft. Aymos) - Hagan

  5. Style & Fashion (Ben Gomori’s Extra Chaud Edit) - Pa Salieu (ft. Obongjayar)

  6. Banzutu (ft. Mulele Matondo Afrika) - Village Cuts

  7. Unreleased - Village Cuts

  8. How You Flow - Janice Iche x NKC

  9. Dance Asokpo - Raz & Afla

  10. Digida - Village Cuts & Swordman Kitala

  11. Pepper Dem - Magugu

  12. Sam Sam (Village Cuts Remix) - Afriquoi

  13. Talkin' Drums (ft. Touré Kunda) - Melé

  14. Yagana - Pigeon

  15. Fufafou - Falle Nioke & Ghost Culture

  16. Mayolye (Nik Weston Official Mukatsuku Edit) - Ondeno

  17. Wanna See Your Face Again - Ibibio Sound Machine

  18. Cambia - Dark Sky

  19. Ceffylau - Catrin Finch & Seckou Keita

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